After completely disappearing from the landscape about 20 years ago, Argonaut Games announced the return of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for PC and console. There was no release window included, but fans can look forward to some extras that have been confirmed.
Croc is a platformer series that started in 1997 with the release of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for PS1 and came to a grinding halt in 2001 with the release of Croc 2. Both of these games saw praise for their graphics at the time and are remembered as fun platformers that were held back by high difficulty.
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There were three small mobile projects following Croc 2 in 2005 and 2006, but these failed to revive interest. It has been quite a while since Croc received any real attention.
This updated version of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos will feature enhanced HD graphics. Judging by the reveal trailer, it isn’t going to be a complete rework in the vein of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy were. What it will do is clean up the original models and textures to modern standards, and offer modern controls.
Part of why the original Croc was so difficult is due to its clunky controls, in spite of Croc being given abilities like a 180-degree spin and a sidestep feature to counteract them. The camera also got in the way, making jumps more difficult. Given that it was released barely a year after Super Mario 64, there wasn’t much time to learn from the standard it set.
A new wiki, entitled Crocipedia, will be included to allow fans to learn more about Croc and his world than what was previously thought possible.
Argonaut Games, the developer has been around since 1982 and was first known for titles like Star Fox before it broke into 3D platformers with Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The last game they published was in 2004, but it’s back as a publisher for its classic IP.
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platformer game developed by Argonaut Games and initially released in 1997 for PC, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn.